Historically, there's been an unfortunate and unproductive divide between people who have the same goal of getting government to make more informed and data-driven decisions. On one side, there are ...

The mission of the Center for Program Evaluation (CPE) is to conduct research on program evaluation methods as well as to offer evaluation planning, consulting, training and services for the ...

Results matter to nearly all types of donors, but especially grant makers. For nonprofits that are new to tracking and analyzing the effectiveness of programs, the vocabulary can be a little ...

“Educational research and evaluation is applicable to all fields,” says Jill Hendrickson Lohmeier, associate professor of education and co-director of the Center for Program Evaluation (CPE) at UMass ...

As a leader of a nonprofit, advancing your mission depends on delivering meaningful impact with every program you implement. But how do you measure whether a program is truly effective, and what ...

When the House Armed Services Committee reported its massive 2024 National Defense Authorization Act by an overwhelming 58 to 1 vote, it adopted a quick, simple solution to a research problem. The ...

A University of Guam assistant professor in engineering, Ernesto Guades, PhD, completed training to serve as a program evaluator for civil engineering under ABET, which accredits college and ...

Parents enroll their children in language immersion programs in order to give them the gift of knowing another language. They also expect that their children will do as well or better in learning the ...

The Tennessee Comptroller of the Treasury evaluated one of the state's school voucher programs and found some shortcomings, ...

The Office for Research has also developed the Program Evaluation Core (“PEC”) to address the program evaluation needs of training grants. The PEC provides a range of pre- and post-award services ...

Your program evaluation allows you to track progress within your program of study. The evaluation includes every course you have completed, the grades you received in those courses, courses you are ...